mikebv 10,285 Posted September 9, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, screm said: Thanks to luck, judgement, and the good old fashioned weather we had a great night on Saturday and something I would like to see repeated, maybe at the start of next season and have a three teamed event. Why not just run it as part of the League season? Challenge matches invariably don't get the same crowd interest or numbers... Every team runs one double header against nearest two rivals? Several Bank Holiday weekends and Easter are done and dusted by the end of May so each team could pick one weekend each to host their home leg which would give the early part of the season huge momentum.. It spreads out the higher cost too if ran over several different weeks so more likely to get £30 per punter. . Maybe organise some coaches and do a £75 for all three meetings special, sharing the marketing and returns of it? Make it a focal point of the season "A Festival of Speedway" type stuff for marketing and fan engagement, and post May you might see better crowds through to season end on the back of it..? Edited September 9, 2019 by mikebv Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
screm 8,057 Posted September 9, 2019 1 hour ago, mikebv said: Why not just run it as part of the League season? Challenge matches invariably don't get the same crowd interest or numbers... Every team runs one double header against nearest two rivals? Several Bank Holiday weekends and Easter are done and dusted by the end of May so each team could pick one weekend each to host their home leg which would give the early part of the season huge momentum.. It spreads out the higher cost too if ran over several different weeks so more likely to get £30 per punter. . Maybe organise some coaches and do a £75 for all three meetings special, sharing the marketing and returns of it? Make it a focal point of the season "A Festival of Speedway" type stuff for marketing and fan engagement, and post May you might see better crowds through to season end on the back of it..? Very good suggestions, like I say last Saturday we had big crowd, good atmosphere and a bit of pantomime. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSC67 1,465 Posted September 9, 2019 Excellent blog by Dick on the website about Saturday nights meeting 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robinh88 571 Posted September 9, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, DSC67 said: Excellent blog by Dick on the website about Saturday nights meeting I'm not sure the comment about an, "Arab rucksack" was a particularly good choice of simile. Found it rather distasteful. Edited September 10, 2019 by Robinh88 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
